This options paper aims to highlight select evidence-based and innovative options for potential programming that could unlock women’s and girls’ empowerment through the World Bank’s portfolio in Somalia...
Kenya’s macroeconomic environment improved in 2024, following a tighter macroeconomic policy framework. Still, GDP growth is decelerating as Kenya faced a multiplicity of challenges during the year. Broadening...
Women, Business and the Law 2024 is the 10th annual study measuring the enabling conditions affecting women’s economic opportunities in 190 economies. This edition introduces two new indicators—Safety...
This study uses the Ethiopia Skills Profile Survey (2017) to examine the gender differences in livelihood opportunities and activities between refugees and host communities. The results show a significant...
Women are often the primary caregivers for children, which may restrict women’s economic activities. Evidence on the benefits of childcare is often from more developed urban settings. The authors examine...
This report is a background note to the poverty assessment for Cabo Verde. This report presents an overview of gender inequalities, status, trends, and drivers behind the observed outcomes. The quantitative...
This report is a background note to the poverty assessment for Cabo Verde. This report presents an overview of gender inequalities, status, trends, and drivers behind the observed outcomes. The quantitative...
In Conakry, Republic of Guinea, women business owners in male-dominated sectors earn significantly more than their counterparts in sectors with a higher concentration of female entrepreneurs. This trend...
This paper presents the results of a qualitative study aimed at generating knowledge on intra-household and gendered impacts of food and energy price shocks among the poor in Côte d’Ivoire, with a focus...
Women are a powerful engine for international trade and economic growth. As workers, small-scale traders, entrepreneurs, and producers, their engagement in export activities has the potential not only...
The pursuit of gender justice remains a critical global imperative, particularly in the African context, where persistent gaps and challenges continue to hinder progress. This report aims to provide an...
Le mariage des enfants est une pratique est particulièrement répandue au Niger, où le taux de scolarisation des filles au collège est faible et le décrochage scolaire est fréquent, avec de graves conséquences...
This report presents key findings of the Zimbabwe Gender-Based Violence (GBV) Assessment. The assessment was commissioned by the World Bank, in collaboration with the Government of Zimbabwe, through the...
This Brief presents data collected by the World Bank’s Women, Business and the Law (WBL) project on legal and supportive frameworks to curb domestic violence and sexual harassment in 55 countries, including...
Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a global problem and a widespread issue in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), where nationally more than one third of women have reported experiencing physical or...
The development objective of the Sindh Barrages Improvement Project for Pakistan is to strengthen the Sindh Irrigation Department’s capacity to operate and manage barrages and improve the reliability and...
ACTIVA Cameroon is one of Cameroon’s leading insurers: second in the Non-Life Branch and third in the Life Branch. In November 2019 it launched the Activ’Lady insurance program tailored towards Cameroonian...